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Installing New Battery Tray and Support? |
munkmunk |
Jan 16 2005, 12:39 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: 13-October 04 From: San Francisco, CA Member No.: 2,947 |
I need to replace my battery tray and support. See:
(IMG:http://stevew11.home.mindspring.com/batterytray.jpg) So how do I remove the old rusted out support. I've never done any welding or cutting in my life! But doesn't look that tough. What do I use to cut out the old support? Where should I cut? At the base of the support I guess, then file down any rough edges left? Looks like there's a small rust hole to the right of the support, eh? Why is the color of the metal in this area brown? Looks like the PO sprayed on some primer? Steve |
SirAndy |
Jan 16 2005, 01:32 AM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,669 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
use a cutoff wheel to get the larger pieces out, then grind down the rest. the brown color is RUST! j/k, looks like some sort of primer. btw. it seems there are at least 2 holes in the top of the long under the tray. you *need* to fix those as the longs are the spine of your car. cut out any rust you find, spray out the inside of the long with a rust-prohibitor (like metal-ready), then weld up with patch metal. the battery tray and support can be bought new from restauration-design. good luck! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/welder.gif) Andy |
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